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The GOP’s DeVos Doubters

Will Republicans hand teachers unions a big victory?

Updated Jan. 31, 2017 4:16 p.m. ET

Senate Democrats have been roughing up President Trump’s Education Department nominee, calling Betsy Devos unfit and worse: a philanthropist who dedicates her fortune to improving schools for poor children. The question is whether some Republicans will also vote against Mrs. DeVos and hand the teachers unions a major victory.

We’re told that Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is having doubts about Mrs. DeVos’s confirmation, which will be considered on the floor after a committee vote on Tuesday. Sen. Murkowski’s office said the...